News agency sues Brady, wife after being shot at

Two photographers have sued New England quarterback
Tom Brady
and his supermodel wife for $1 million, saying they were shot at during a post-wedding party in Costa Rica.

The lawsuit was filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court.

The photographers and the Agence France-Presse news agency accuse Brady and supermodel
Gisele Bundchen
of negligently hiring security for the April party, two months after their wedding.

AFP photographer
Yuri Cortes
and photographer
Rolando Aviles
of Costa Rican newspaper
Al Dia
say Bundchen's bodyguards narrowly missed their heads when the guards shot at their car after Aviles refused to give up his camera. No one was hurt.

Don Yee,
Brady's agent and attorney, declined comment. Bundchen publicist
Alison Levy
said she does not comment on her client's personal life.

TRIVIA TIME

Who scored the winning touchdown the last time the Chargers defeated Miami?

THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT

Sounds as if
Pete Carroll
is still smarting over that loss to Washington.

The USC coach tweeted “The Kids Aren't Alright” by Offspring as his song of the day selection Monday.

USC was upset by the Huskies 16-13 on Saturday. Carroll's Twitter account is usually very active, but there hadn't been a post since before the Trojans lost on a field goal in the final seconds — until his SOTD choice.

SERENA SLAMS MOTHER NATURE

First the lineswoman and now, Mother Nature. The Procter & Gamble Co. is featuring tennis star
Serena Williams
in a lighthearted ad campaign for its Tampax brand that begins just weeks after her U.S. Open outburst.

The consumer-products maker announced Monday that Williams will take on Tampax's “Mother Nature” character in new print advertising in October magazines. P&G officials say Williams represents the energy, independence and strength of women they want to celebrate. OK, then.

Gallery wants to know if women celebrated Williams' tirade against a lineswoman at the U.S. Open, which brought a $10,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct?

Apparently, the new campaign was in the works before Williams' outburst.

WALKER HEADING FOR MMA

Herschel Walker
is starting a new career in mixed martial arts. The former NFL running back said he has signed a multifight contract with promoter Strikeforce. Walker, 47, will begin a 12-week training camp next month in San Jose.

PARTING SHOTS

•“
Usain Bolt
won his final race and says he'll take a long vacation. When you live in Jamaica, where do you vacation? Akron?”

•
Michael Crabtree
is failing to capture public sympathy. I saw a homeless guy holding a cardboard sign: ‘Will work for $16 million.’ ”

From
Dwight Perry,
Seattle Times:

•“Tennessee coach
Lane Kiffin,
on the reception he received during Saturday's football game in Gainesville: ‘The fans were nonstop. There were a lot of F-words that weren't `Florida’ being yelled at me.' ”

TRIVIA ANSWER

Mark Seay
caught an 8-yard TD pass from
Stan Humphries
to give the Chargers a 22-21 victory over the Dolphins in an AFC playoff game on Jan. 8, 1995.